Locating A Disk Drive, Or Multiple Disk Drives In A Volume; Selecting A Boot Disk - Intel AFCSASRISER User Manual

2. Press <Y> to delete the array, or press <N> to abandon the deletion. After a pause,
the firmware deletes the array.
Note: The master boot records of all disks are deleted and data cannot be recovered.

Locating a Disk Drive, or Multiple Disk Drives in a Volume

You can use the LSI MPT* SAS BIOS Configuration Utility to locate and identify a
specific physical disk drive by flashing the drive's LED. You can also use the utility to
flash the LEDs of all the disk drives in a RAID volume. There are several ways to do this:
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When you are creating an IS volume, and a disk drive is set to Yes as part of the
volume, the LED on the disk drive is flashing. The LED is turned off when you are
finished creating the volume.
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You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology screen. To do this,
move the cursor to the name of the disk in the Device Identifier column and press
<Enter>. The LED on the disk flashes until the next key is pressed.
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You can locate all the disk drives in a volume by selecting the volume on the SAS
Topology screen. The LEDs flash on all disk drives in the volume.
Note: The LEDs on the disk drives will flash as described above if the firmware is correctly
configured and the drives or the disk enclosure supports disk location.

Selecting a Boot Disk

You can select a boot disk in the SAS Topology screen. This disk is then moved to scan ID
0 on the next boot, and remains at this position. This makes it easier to set BIOS boot
device options and to keep the boot device constant during device additions and removals.
There can be only one boot disk.
To select a boot disk, follow these steps:
1. In the LSI MPT* SAS BIOS Configuration Utility, select an adapter from the
Adapter List.
2. Select the SAS Topology option.
The current topology is displayed. If the selection of a boot device is supported, the
bottom of the screen lists the <Alt> + <B> option. This is the key for toggling the
boot device. If a device is currently configured as the boot device, the Device Info
column on the SAS Topology screen will show the word "Boot."
3. To select a boot disk, move the cursor to the disk and press <Alt> + <B>.
4. To remove the boot designator, move the cursor down to the current boot disk and
press <Alt> + <B>.
This controller will no longer have a disk designated as boot.
5. To change the boot disk, move the cursor to the new boot disk and press <Alt> +
<B>.
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